Anales de pediatría : publicación oficial de la Asociación Española de Pediatría (A.E.P.)
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The aim of this study was to present bibliometric indicators of the impact of Anales de Pediatría in 2001 and to compare this journal with other Spanish pediatrics journals. ⋯ This study confirms the leadership of Anales de Pediatría, since this journal is the most frequently cited Spanish pediatrics journal and has the highest IF and immediacy index. The bibliometric indicators obtained are comparable with those observed in other journals included in Journal Citation Reports.
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Comparative Study
[Information and quality of care in a pediatric intensive care unit. Parents' opinion].
To identify parents' opinion of the quality of medical information and the quality of care in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). MATERIAL Y METHOD: We designed a structured survey to gather data on the characteristics of information given to parents, parents' dealings with the unit's staff and resources for parents. This survey was carried out by means of personal direct interviews with the parents of 61 children admitted to our PICU from November 2003 to March 2003. ⋯ In our PICU the parents of admitted children were satisfied with the quality of information and the unit's medical staff. Nevertheless, we identified some features that could be improved such as the information provided in the first few hours of admission, visiting time schedules, psychological support and the unit's infrastructure.
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The international bibliographic databases (Medline, Embase, Current Contents, etc.) are one of the main sources of information in medicine. Because only some Spanish journals are included in these databases, knowledge and use of the Indice Médico Español (IME) is also important because this database includes almost all Spanish biomedical and scientific journals (basic, experimental and clinical), which provides certain well known advantages for authors and editors in Spain. Of the journals indexed at any given time in the IME (461 journals), those related to pediatrics constitute 5.2 % of the total (24 journals) with a total of 21,006 documents. ⋯ The hypothetical national IF of Anales de Pediatría (0.334) is noteworthy among Spanish medical journals overall and is much higher than those of Acta Pediátrica Española (0.134), Pediatrika (0.119), Cirugía Pediátrica (0.099) and Revista Española de Pediatría (0.079). The international IF of Anales de Pediatría (0.372) is higher than that of some pediatrics journals included in the Science Citation Index. The IME should be included in bibliographic search strategies for scientific information in pediatrics as a complement to international databases.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
[Comparative efficacy of oral deflazacort versus oral prednisolone in children with moderate acute asthma].
To assess the efficacy and tolerability of oral deflazacort versus oral prednisolone in acute moderate asthma in children. ⋯ Deflazacort and prednisolone show similar efficacy in improving pulmonary function and in producing clinical improvement in the management of acute moderate asthma in children.
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Comparative Study
[Chest radiograph in bronchiolitis: is it always necessary?].
The routine use of chest radiograph in infants with bronchiolitis increases health costs and can often unnecessarily expose the patient to radiation. ⋯ Most infants presenting with bronchiolitis had a normal chest radiograph. Temperature >or = 38 degrees and O2 saturation < 94 % were significantly associated with infiltrate/atelectasis. In most infants with bronchiolitis, the absence of fever and hypoxia are good predictors of normal chest radiographs.